Dear friends:

I've been trying to translate this verse from the Völuspá:

Unz þrír kvámu
ór því liði
öflgir ok ástkir
æsir at húsi,
fundu á landi
lítt megandi
Ask ok Emblu
örlöglausa.

I'm sure you all recognize it. I've been struggling with the lines "ór því liði" and "öflgir ok ástkir". I took a crack at it and came up with "Came they looking back " for the former. As for the latter, "öflgir" seems to mean "powerful" or "overwhelming", so the Cleasby-Vigfusson dictionary says. I can't find a definition for "ástkir" at all.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

skål,

scott


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